SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492016-12-09T06:30:20-07:00SparkFun Electronicsstevech on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightstevechurn:uuid:db650cf6-357f-61e1-7101-8829cdc7e0b32014-12-18T23:54:29-07:00<p>I hope SFE gets more.
These work great if you use needle-nose pliers to crimp the springs so the pins go in/out easily.</p>Customer #372276 on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightCustomer #372276urn:uuid:b70f9140-a09e-120e-5b68-1d3020135e1d2014-08-04T19:28:48-06:00<p>@disabelle I agree that female ones would be great. I could wire items to an Ardiuno with superior laziness.</p>Customer #496291 on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightCustomer #496291urn:uuid:588367a7-915f-b7d3-6948-ed2794ba39702014-01-14T11:38:27-07:00<p>Don&rsquo;t fit? Don&rsquo;t fret! I took my Sparkfun-branded needle nose pliers and gave the head of each pin a very delicate squeeze until they all fit perfectly, and were nice and snug too! So nice not having to solder them, it gets to be a pain after awhile, when you&rsquo;ve got a project that needs to get done, but have to stop periodically to solder on pins to the new components you buy!</p>Customer #446058 on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightCustomer #446058urn:uuid:ec33c38c-b3f1-aa5d-2c0a-249116c80d9c2013-07-23T15:06:33-06:00<p>I love this !</p>PocketBrain on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightPocketBrainurn:uuid:3a2a9ff9-b5d9-55bd-9fcb-afaaa7f349392013-01-24T08:46:10-07:00<p>Some more notes on this part:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>These are actually &ldquo;Press Fit&rdquo; headers. The loop part goes in the hole. They are meant to be permanent; removing them will likely wreck the through-plating in your PTH.</p></li>
<li><p>They &ldquo;simply snap into place&rdquo; only with the proper (perfect) hole size/spacing. Otherwise you will need a press die and a vise, a special tool, or something improvised and a lot of care.</p></li>
<li><p>They can be soldered for better electrical/mechanical connection, but if you&rsquo;re doing that anyway, use a plain header.</p></li>
<li><p>Industrially, they are used to add a header to a PCB without using a soldering process likely to desolder previously installed components (e.g. with TH components opposite side). For our purposes, it&rsquo;s good to add a header to a board that we don&rsquo;t want to solder to.</p></li>
<li><p>I like the idea of soldering them in upside-down to use as test point loops. :-) They would have lots of extra length opposite side of the PCB, but that could be trimmed or used for another nefarious purpose. }:-)</p></li>
</ul>
Peter Pan on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightPeter Panurn:uuid:a8707a49-2f2a-0408-5713-b026812cbd392012-10-18T11:51:14-06:00<p>I bought these because I wanted to experiment with a pair of Wixels, and wanted to avoid having to solder in the standard headers Pololu provides. The through holes seemed pretty loose, so an ordinary header would not make good contact on its own without solder, so this product looked ideal. Unfortunately now that I have them here, I see that I simply can&rsquo;t push even a few of these pins through the Wixel through holes, without applying an uncomfortable amount of pressure. The wixels are almost $20, so I&rsquo;m not going to press further and risk ruining them. I even tried pushing these headers into an experimenter board first, hoping their firmly held position might make it easier to rock the wixel board back and fourth and eventually get the expansion pins to fully seat. Doing so barely allowed me to get the wixel board to hold in place. But they are still not even going fully through the holes from one side of the board to the other. I guess I can try modifying the product, but if I&rsquo;m going to do that I might as start with ordinary headers, coating one side with a thin layer of solder to make a better force fit. In any case, I&rsquo;m sure they work fine with some product the designer had in mind, but this is my experience.</p>Customer #358746 on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightCustomer #358746urn:uuid:c65fa3c9-55ea-cedf-4e97-eff78d8446692012-09-07T09:38:03-06:00<p>I want to use an LCD component on a motherboard. I need to solder header pins (16 of them) in the LCD so I can use it on a breadboard with an Arduino. I do not want to do any soldering.</p>
<p>Will these Solderless Headers work for my scenario?</p>tz on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straighttzurn:uuid:35a10745-3d05-f2d5-e891-95345a68e7fe2012-07-06T21:07:54-06:00<p>The press fit does NOT work with the standard hole (except with one pin and a lot of force.</p>
<p>I use a single edge razor as a spacer in the eye and needle nose pliers to squeeze the opening a bit, then it fits - I&rsquo;ve used these to hold a GPS breakout board. If I don&rsquo;t use the razor and squeeze it won&rsquo;t hold.</p>
<p>They are brittle, if they get bent they will break off</p>psoberoi on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightpsoberoiurn:uuid:8dd3b439-ca2c-02fe-7273-74c1e787537e2012-03-09T23:04:56-07:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to echo the other comments - I bought these because I don&rsquo;t know how to solder, but so far it looks like installing them is more difficult than learning to solder. I don&rsquo;t have a panavise that another commenter mentioned. Is there a way to install them using commonly available tools?</p>ddegn on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightddegnurn:uuid:9533310d-d969-c5e0-96d7-46a394f1c1e12012-02-02T10:31:27-07:00<p>I used these to reprogram SF&rsquo;s Nordic FOB. They tore up the holes in the PCB.</p>
<p>They can only be used once IMO. They get squished out of shape.</p>
<p>I think a single pin wouldn&rsquo;t hold well.</p>
<p>I think it is less destructive to the holes to solder some thin wire to them. These pins are not for temporary connections.</p>
<p>There are probably times these pins work well if the PCB if strong and the pins are permanently installed without much stress to the pins.</p>
<p>They probably work better when several rows are placed side to side.</p>caseyh on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightcaseyhurn:uuid:16041727-37a1-6529-7962-d4eed478fa712011-12-09T17:18:26-07:00<p>These particular solderless pins make an extremely snug fit, so much that they are just as secure as soldered pins. I tried putting them in by hand, but that proved to be impossible. Using pliers and a bit of force, I was able to rock them back and forth by squeezing the plastic sides. Any other orientation, and you end up covering up the through hole with the other end of the pliers.</p>
<p>These probably are not the best for temporary headers.</p>IllogicGate on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightIllogicGateurn:uuid:f95d60a6-6b1f-749d-ce64-fc75d433dc822011-10-29T10:40:38-06:00<p>Hehe&hellip; happens to all of us.<br/>
You could even break one off then slide off the plastic, and voila! A needle in a pinch!</p>DeepDiver on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightDeepDiverurn:uuid:3699c173-346f-780a-2b71-c051cb99c44d2011-10-18T15:52:49-06:00<p>I bought a couple of these as I wanted to hook up the short side to the <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9132" rel="nofollow" >XBee explorer regulated</a> and the longer side to the breadboard so I did not have to solder the <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/116" rel="nofollow" >Breakaway headers</a> to XBee explorer. But just can&rsquo;t seem to get them through the pcb of the XBee explorer. The short side don&rsquo;t seem that flexible enough to get through the pcb. Anyone else tried something similar? How is everyone using these headers?</p>EvanTeitelman on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:16cb607c-fbab-8949-386a-619f7e316ae02011-07-30T10:06:32-06:00<p>As long as the shield&rsquo;s holes are plated (All Sparkfun shields are), then yes.</p>MrWidget on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightMrWidgeturn:uuid:850669c1-2b33-2888-8be9-162a224dc3cd2011-06-18T16:47:52-06:00<p>Everything you would want to know is here - the company is mentioned in the datasheet.<br/>
http://www.autosplice.com/compliant-press-fit/#link_nine<br/>
These <strong>are</strong> designed to be press fit - as the name implies.</p>MrWidget on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightMrWidgeturn:uuid:7f7e73ec-9b6e-f7e8-4fa1-fa870338fb662011-06-18T16:38:54-06:00<p>I wanted to use them for an ICD header - I found that if I took my Panavise and used the soft pad for the back and the hard paddle for the pins, I could very carefully press the header into the board.<br/>
I too am worried about what kind of scarring of the through hole plating might occur though.</p>ginbot86 on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightginbot86urn:uuid:b246b728-e359-c4b9-7780-331039549ea02011-06-06T21:49:28-06:00<p>I bought a bunch of these and I cannot for the life of me get these headers installed onto a circuit board. They just won&rsquo;t get in even if I try to force them onto a PCB. Anyone have tips on how to make these work?</p>EvilTwin on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightEvilTwinurn:uuid:5085bfc5-d84b-09a8-6de9-c4b74ddeb6a72011-05-26T21:44:44-06:00<p>I am thinking of designing a widget board thingy where a 40pin cable goes from a standard terasic FPGA dev board to a daughterboard you could easily attach some of the sparkfun things to. Now if I set some of these up in the peripheral board, do you think an end user could take of and put on different color text-lcds? or would the fit be too loose.</p>disabelle on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightdisabelleurn:uuid:a16802e8-970e-9505-dea3-c8fbcb3b44b12011-05-26T20:38:55-06:00<p>these are great idea but they should also make female Solderless Headers</p>Kevin Vermeer on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightKevin Vermeerurn:uuid:de632ffe-00bf-4452-851c-1addc19a71882011-05-23T14:36:29-06:00<p>Does anyone have any experience with these? I&rsquo;m curious:<br/>
1. How well does a single pin hold?<br/>
2. How many insertions/removals can they handle?<br/>
3. Do they cause damage to the plating on the PCB?<br/>
I&rsquo;m comparing these to Keystone test points:<br/>
http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod21.asp?SubCategoryID=111<br/>
Those are $0.36 each, and $1.50 for 10 is less than half that cost.</p>Kevin Vermeer on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightKevin Vermeerurn:uuid:f6309211-e9f8-5fbb-05f7-00feaafb87e12011-05-23T14:29:37-06:00<p>No, you stick this is a plated hole in a PCB. Wire insertion is an interesting possibility, but a purely secondary use case.</p>jtallent on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightjtallenturn:uuid:66013c7d-99ab-ccc6-7260-ce1ce8aae5182011-05-11T21:59:48-06:00<p>Can these be used to attach a Arduino Shield to the Uno?</p>EvanTeitelman on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:64b354f5-b373-968b-90ac-8ea16b80184d2011-05-04T17:39:03-06:00<p>Buy some silver print and coat the hole.</p>Pranjal Chaubey on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightPranjal Chaubeyurn:uuid:08118c97-e268-0f99-459c-d5373b5d708d2011-04-30T10:44:31-06:00<p>Awesome!</p>IllogicGate on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightIllogicGateurn:uuid:a7a93564-8f30-c6b2-6648-cfd0c835963e2011-04-29T18:20:52-06:00<p>Awesome. 90-degree ones anybody?</p>IllogicGate on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightIllogicGateurn:uuid:94f9d188-70b6-5858-8157-9893c14891482011-04-29T15:18:31-06:00<p>They&rsquo;re solderless in that you can stick a wire into the hole at the top and just E-Tape it in or something.</p>PocketBrain on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightPocketBrainurn:uuid:5adcd1ac-cd36-eb99-0cbe-40ae8f948a852011-04-29T13:17:22-06:00<p>Yes, plating needed. You might need to make a special press die, too, depending upon the dimensions of your board. I had to do that last year for a PC/104 press-fit header. There&rsquo;s a tool available but for like two grand, so we just used a drill press to make the 104 holes in an aluminum block, and squeezed them through in a vise. You would need tight tolerances on the holes, which would have to be precisely deep so they all bottom out at the same time with this.</p>augspark on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightaugsparkurn:uuid:6efbe76f-5efe-4515-34fa-e7a04eacc35b2011-04-29T13:14:37-06:00<p>Hehe +1!</p>Techmonkey on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightTechmonkeyurn:uuid:2c3be7b2-2f89-1983-4a8b-85bae5e289732011-04-29T12:18:27-06:00<p>Don&rsquo;t you need a plated barrel to use these without soldering?</p>john bougs on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin Straightjohn bougsurn:uuid:966f29f8-396c-9f87-bc59-bd58f7d7c3c52011-04-29T10:42:24-06:00<p>Argh! I have the darnedest luck with sparkfun. Everything seems to happen just a little too late. Just placed an order, then they come out with something beautiful like this. I guess I&rsquo;m just going to have to find an excuse to order some more stuff :)</p>EvanTeitelman on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:700cc37f-71c8-7891-446c-1e359fa1a57c2011-04-28T18:37:58-06:00<p>I&rsquo;ve used a similar type of pin before. They tend to be a bit loose.<br/>
I&rsquo;m glad to see you guys are carrying these though. These might be useful as temporary programming headers.</p>Larsi on PRT-10527 - Solderless Headers - 10-pin StraightLarsiurn:uuid:6f71356d-6dd6-233c-feae-0fd3641c38942011-04-28T09:58:11-06:00<p>Cool - this is exactly what I need&hellip;</p>